Topline Members of the U.S. military who travel out of state to obtain an abortion will now have their travel fees covered by the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced in a memo Thursday,...
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DoD Agency DARPA Taps Inca Digital to Assess Crypto Impacts
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a division of the United States Department of Defense (DOD), has tapped Inca Digital to develop mapping tools that can be used to analyze the imp...
The Defense Innovation Unit’s ‘Private Money’ Approach Aims to Produce Reusable Hypersonic Test Aircraft Fast
Hermeus’ quarter-scale “Quarterhorse” is the kind of privately funded hypersonic test aircraft DIU … [+] is seeking for its HyCAT initiative. Hermeus Blazing speed at blazing t...
The Air Force Is Retiring Most of Its Global Hawk ISR Drones to A Test Role for Hypersonic Missiles
An RQ-4 Global Hawk receives routine maintenance after being refueled at Grand Forks Air Force Base, … [+] North Dakota. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora McCutcheon Most of the Air...
Navy Releases Grim USS Connecticut (SSN 22) Investigation; DoD Must Demand Accountability
The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut had a long record of trouble before running … [+] aground in October 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS A heavily redacted Command Investigation into t...
Innovative Manufacturing Requires Workers And Machines In Tandem, MIT Professors Say At Symposium
Professor John Hart opening remarks at the Manufacturing at MIT symposium on May 6, 2022. Julie Diop We might be witnessing the dawn of a new industrial era in this decade. Strikingly, it might be des...
U.S. Left $7 Billion In Military Hardware In Afghanistan As Taliban Took Over, DOD Reportedly Finds
Topline The Department of Defense estimates $7.12 billion worth of military equipment purchased by the United States was left in Afghanistan following the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops that conclu...
How Used Aircraft Parts Can Help DoD Improve Mission Readiness
By Randy Starr and Dennis Santare Randy Starr, an ex-Army commander of an airborne rapid deployment force, and Dennis Santare, a former Marine Corps pilot, are partners in the firm’s aerospace and def...
Space Industrial Base? The Answer is Right in Front of You, Mr. Secretary
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, left, shakes hands with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ … [+] Brown, Jr., before a meeting with Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones, Brow...
Until Flight Tests Begin, The Air Force Knows Little About 5G Interference and It’s Saying Less
Snow-covered C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft sit on the flight line at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. … [+] The Air Force is reporting no issues with 5G interference so far but little else. U.S. Air...
Immuron stock rockets after funding by U.S. DoD of new research agreement
Shares of Immuron Ltd. IMRN, +2.67% rocketed 49.6% in active premarket trading Wednesday, after the Australia-based biopharmaceutical company said it received an award of AUD$6.2 million ($4.5 million...